Chuck Colson's Breakpoint essay today spotlights a couple of anti-Christian books on the New York Times' Best Seller list, namely Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion. I like the fact that Colson always includes a suggested reading list at the conclusion of his articles.
Update 11/30/06 - Scott McKnight and "RJS" (a scientist at a research university in the USA) have filed a first response with reader response following. I expect to post additional updates from McKnight's blog as well as others. Update #2 - 12/7/06 is here. Check the reader responses also. They're often helpful and stimulating. Update #3 - 12/13/06. McKnight and RJS offer a response to Richard Dawkins' third and fourth chapters. Two summary statements: "As with so many of his argument he argues by assertion, discounts evidence to the contrary, relies on ad hominem, and emphasizes ridicule." "As a proof for the nonexistence of God, Dawkins’ argument seems so circular as to be laughable." Update #4 - 12/25/06 - Peter Williams offers four talks in response to Richard Dawkins. Professor Alister McGrath of Oxford will be publishing The Dawkins Delusion in the UK, February 2007 (SPCK) and in the United States in May 2007 (IVP).